Finding the best future federal agency leaders is not an exact science. But there are some measures you can take to put the right individuals in leadership development programs to help better your agency.

Tim McManus, vice president of the Partnership for Public Service, joined In Depth with Francis Rose to talk about how to spot those future leaders and – perhaps even more important – how to keep them.

Francis Rose is the host of In Depth, which airs weekdays from 4-7 p.m. on 1500 AM in the Washington, DC metro area and online everywhere. Francis has covered all three branches of the federal government as a broadcast journalist since 1998. He joined Federal News Radio in 2006, and launched In Depth in 2008 as a daily show focused on connecting federal executives to the information they need to do their jobs better.